Jump to content

+Premium Members
  • Posts

    853
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by 5¢

  1.  

    I was thinking that for example you and I do this. I would give you the tb number and activation code of my bug and you would do the same for me. Then we would each attach something to the travel bug that the other agrees on and stick them in a cache. Then we would each have a travel bug that we own in another country.

     

    Sounds good to me!

    I´ll try to get some tags this week becayse i dont have any at the time, and i´ll get back to you. We will be on Hollydays starting next weekend untill 15th September, probably without internet (dont know yet), so, if i cant set it up till then, i´ll have to do it later.

    I´ll get back to you tomorrow.

     

    Regards

    Alberto

     

    Hi again,

     

    unfortunately i was not able to get the tags. The Guy that sell´s them around here is out of town untill monday.

    I´ll get back to you when i return from hollydays (if you´re willing to wait).

     

    Regards

    Alberto

     

    That's fine, I will do a swap with you. Email me when you get things figured out and back home from you vacation.

  2. I think I like the idea of each cacher releasing a bug for the other cacher. And they pick what gets attached to the tag. Anyone want to do that with me?

     

    We can do that :ph34r: . It seems like a nice idea.

    Let me see if i get it all right. Each one releases a bug for the other (do we activated and the the other adopts it or we exchange codes and each one activates the other´s bug?).

    The bugs will be released only with the Dog Tag (And, preferebly a label whith an explanation of it´s mission) and will colect what the cacher who grabs it wants to attach.

    The primary mission will be to visit as many places as he can taking photos of them. It will be a Virtual Tourist.

    Is that it?

     

    Regards

    Alberto

     

    I was thinking that for example you and I do this. I would give you the tb number and activation code of my bug and you would do the same for me. Then we would each attach something to the travel bug that the other agrees on and stick them in a cache. Then we would each have a travel bug that we own in another country.

  3. I am looking for someone outside of the US to start a travel bug for me. I would prefer someone in Germany, England, Italy, or France. I just want to see other countries and right now a travel bug will be my easiest choice. We could do this two ways, I could mail you my tag and you could send it off, or we could each start a bug for each other and save on shipping.

     

    I am up for discussion and ideas. Even if you are not offering to participate, ideas in general are welcome in this thread.

  4. That is WWE not WWF.

     

    The WWF (World Wrestling Foundation) changed it's name to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). The story behind it is as so..................

     

    Published on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 by the Toronto Globe & Mail

    WWF Knocked Out by Environmentalists

    by Paul Waldie

     

    An environmental group whose logo features a giant panda has forced the world's biggest professional wrestling company to change its name.

     

    The World Wrestling Federation, best known for Hulk Hogan, the Rock and the Undertaker, announced yesterday that it is changing its name after losing a legal battle with the World Wildlife Fund over the initials WWF.

     

    The wrestlers will now be known as WWE, or World Wrestling Entertainment. The company has already changed its logo (opting for two jagged Ws), Web site and most promotional material. It will also change its stock symbol, currently WWF on the New York Stock Exchange, once "a suitable replacement symbol is found."

     

    Changing all WWF products -- which include clothing, toys, video games, magazines and TV shows such as Raw and Smackdown -- will take months and could cost as much as $50-million (U.S.).

     

    "It's been a long time coming," said Stephen Johnson, a spokesman for the Canadian World Wildlife Fund. "WWF is really vital for us. We've been building that brand equity for so long. It's been the wrestlers against a cute little panda bear. And the panda won."

     

    The legal battle between the two WWFs dates back to 1989, when the federation applied to trademark its name. The wrestling group, based in Stamford, Conn., started in 1979 as Titan Sports, but changed its name to World Wrestling Federation after a reorganization.

     

    The World Wildlife Fund, based in Switzerland, opposed the trademark. The fund trademarked the WWF logo in 1961, shortly after being created. The fund changed its name to World Wide Fund for Nature in 1989 but kept the logo.

     

    The environmental group was worried that being associated with professional wrestlers would hurt their image. The two groups came to an agreement over how to use the logo, but by the early 1990s, the fund alleged that the wrestlers had violated the deal.

     

    They came to another agreement in 1994, but three years later, the federation started its wwf.com website and allegedly ignored that deal by promoting WWF products.

     

    The fund sued in a British court, and last year a judge ruled the federation had breached the trademark.

     

    "I think the fund was entitled to be concerned by any possible association between it and the federation," the court ruled. "Many would find the federation's activities meretricious."

     

    The wrestlers appealed, but last month Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed the case.

     

    The appeal decision "helped prompt us to change the name," Gary Davis, a wrestling federation spokesman, said yesterday. "We've been looking at this for a couple of months. This just made sense for us to do as a company."

     

    Linda McMahon, the company's chief executive officer and wife of founder Vince McMahon, said the name change will help the federation.

     

    "We will utilize this opportunity to position ourselves emphasizing the entertainment aspect of our company and, at the same time, allay the concerns of the Fund," she said in a statement.

     

    The wrestlers aren't giving up the trademark fight. The new WWE plans one more appeal of the British trademark ruling, this time to the House of Lords.

     

    "We are still going forward because there are a number of issues surrounding the order that go beyond the simple issue of the name and the logo," Mr. Davis said.

     

    The name change is the latest problem to hit the wrestling organization.

     

    Last year, it cancelled its brief venture into football, the XFL, and took a $37-million hit. Revenue is expected to drop to $395-million this year, from approximately $500-million last year, and profits have slumped. The company's share price has also dropped, falling to $15.18 from $25.25 shortly after the WWF went public in 1999.

     

    But some analysts say the name change won't be a significant problem.

     

    © 2002 Bell Globe

  5. While we are being anal about the jeeps..................... Can they be grouped together instead of being seperated by different coins. My green Jeep Icon is almost at the bottom about 168 coins below the White Jeeps which are seperated by two coins from the Yellow Jeeps. :laughing:

  6. Yep. Selecting from the most recent pages of the photo gallery also ensures that the banner photos are topical. For example, in April we see lots of CITO photos. Right now we see Green Jeep Photos. Around Memorial Day weekend we see pocket cache photos.

    :):):):huh::P

×
×
  • Create New...